Perfusion Neuroimaging Abnormalities Alone Distinguish National Football League Players from a Healthy Population

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 237-241

  Amen, Daniel G ^a   Willeumier, Kristen ^a   Omalu, Bennet ^b   Newberg, Andrew ^c   Raghavendra, Cauligi ^d   Raji, Cyrus A ^e  

^a Amen Clinics   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Southern California   (United States)

^e UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain imaging; cognition; concussion; football; NFL; SPECT; traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMYGDALA; ANTERIOR CINGULATE; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN REGION; CAUDATE NUCLEUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FOLLOW UP; FOOTBALL; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; INSULA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; ORBITAL CORTEX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; BRAIN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; INJURIES; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RETIREMENT; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER CURVE; BRAIN; BRAIN INJURIES, TRAUMATIC; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETIREMENT; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 84976415285     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-160207     Document Type: Article

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